Methodology Applied by a Physician Assistant Program to Evaluate the New ARC-PA 5 th Edition Diversity and Inclusion Standard.

J Physician Assist Educ

Jenna Rolfs, DMSc, MPAS, PA-C, is the PA Medicine program director and associate dean for the College of Medical Science, University of Lynchburg, in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Published: December 2022

Diversity and inclusion in higher education are a top priority for institutions. In 2020, the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA), in its 5 th edition of the Accreditation Standards for Physician Assistant Education, implemented a standard specifically designed to require programs to demonstrate their commitment to diversity and inclusion. Through a protocol-driven methodology, consistent with the ARC-PA's 4 key elements of analysis, one PA program demonstrates and explains how it examines ongoing compliance with diversity and inclusion within their program.

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